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Kris on James: "I haven't been able to say 'I love you' to him except on his birthday."

"IfI'm super honest about it, pinapalayas ko siya that night. And when I went toBaclaran to pray with my friend Biboy, fully-expecting... Kasi sabi niya ‘Alis naako.' So nagdasal kami, nag-rosary kami together. I was crying in church withmy friend. I came back here and he was still here. Sinabi ko naman, ‘Bakit ka'andito?'" said Kris.James answered, "Hindimo ba nakikita ang pagmamahal ko sa ‘yo? Pinapa

"There are days na handa na kaming sumuko," admitted KrisAquino during Korina Sanchez's interview with her and James for TheBuzz and Rated K.

Her husband, James Yap, nods in agreement.

QUESTIONING FIDELITY. A blind item came out in DollyAnne Carvajal's weekly column at the Philippine Daily Inquirer onFebruary 5. The piece reported that the husband of a certain TV host has beenhaving a "dangerous liaison" with a "pretty facialist" froma popular skin clinic.

Within a couple of weeks, stories of James's allegedextra-marital rendezvous with a Belo Medical Group receptionist—then onlyreferred to as Hope—appeared in print and on the Internet.

On February 20, PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal)received information that the alleged other woman in James's life, HopeCenteno, was going to grant Startalk an interview.

On February 24, in spite of pleads from James's camp not toair the story, Startalk went ahead and aired the said interview.

Hope revealedthat she had an affair with James that lasted almost eleven months and that shewasn't sure if she's pregnant with his child. She also asked Krisfor forgiveness, saying that she didn't mean to hurt James's wife. Hope defendedherself by saying that she simply fell in love and that she never planned todestroy Kris's family. "Wag n'yo akong husgahan," she said.

In the interview with Korina, James denied having anyrelations with Hope. James said the only communication that happened betweenthe receptionist and him were the times when he'd arrange clinic appointments.

"There are times na sasabihin mo talaga na, ‘Ano kaya kungmaghiwalay na lang tayo? Baka tigilan na nila tayo?' Pero siguro, what was holding us together, aside from thefact na there's a baby involved, for almost all our married life talaga, hindikami naka-miss ng... Every Tuesday, nagba-Baclaran kami. Sabay kami nagro-rosary, sabay kami nagno-novena and that has been for almost two years."

Kris answered candidly, "I haven't been able to say ‘I loveyou' to him except on his birthday.

"Doon sa birthday card niya, I gave him a watch—and I saidna, ‘I keep praying that the time will come na pareho nating masasabi na natutotayo from this, naging mas matatag tayo—and that we made a family together.'"